Isabella L. Bird / Isabella LBird
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
A curious heart meets a wide, unfolding continent. Isabella Bird’s Englishwoman in America stamps a fearless footprint on nineteenth‑century travel writing, inviting readers to see the young republic through a keen, observant Englishwoman’s eye.This volume is more than a memoir of crossing oceans and states; it is a lucid, humane study of people, places, and manners as they collide and transform. Bird’s pen moves with wit and restraint, turning everyday scenes into portraits-of towns, roads, schools, parlours, and the evolving social sphere-while quietly challenging assumptions about gender, class, and opportunity. The result is a vivid travel narrative that reads with the accessibility of a letter from a friend and the rigor of a field journal.Historically significant for its precise testimony on American society during a pivotal era, the book offers scholars and curious readers alike a window into cross‑continental exchange-an English perspective on a rapidly changing America. Its tone blends admiration with scrutiny, warmth with measured critique, making it equally engaging for casual readers and classic‑literature collectors.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint, it is a collector’s item and a cultural treasure-cementing its place in victorian travelogue and the canon of women travel writing for academic library audiences and discerning readers alike.
